Tunster Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Tunster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tunster Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales351:88,4157,250
England31:18,572,686338,250
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales121:130,7015,289

Tunster Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tunster Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tunster is carried by more people in Wales than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tunster? popularity and diffusion

Tunster is the 3,100,440th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Tunster are found; 98 percent are found in Northern Europe and 95 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname Tunster is most frequent in Wales, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 88,415. In Wales Tunster is mostly concentrated in: Bridgend County Borough, where 40 percent live, Pembrokeshire, where 31 percent live and City and County of Cardiff, where 23 percent live. Barring Wales this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 8 percent live and New Zealand, where 3 percent live.

Tunster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Tunster has changed through the years. In Wales the share of the population with the last name increased 292 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tunste921/
Tunsted8658/
Tonster861/
Tunstie860/
Tunstead80421/
Thonster800/
Tunçte77128/
Tunsta770/
Thunstedt75134/
Tonsti623/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tunster
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